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A DIY Tracker Tough Enough for the Arctic

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So, I set about building an open-source ice tracker from DIY components that not only proved to be much, much cheaper but also much more capable than the commercial options. With no guarantees on how long any given instrument might last, you have to deploy a lot of them to get the data you need.

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IoT-ize Your Old Gadgets With a Mechanical Hijacking Device

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KAIST/Korea Polytechnic University The paper doesn't directly address the cost of the MHD, and with three motors and some other electronics in it, it's not likely to be super cheap. I'd expect it to cost at least USD $100, although perhaps it could get somewhat cheaper in volume.

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Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up

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But we do actually need that energy to be generated,” says Alper Bozkurt, who with Veena Misra codirects the Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) at North Carolina State University. In the future, DIY may not even be necessary. But solar is just the opening gambit.

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Video Friday: Humanoid Soccer

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The robots of Team NimbRo of University of Bonn, Germany, won the main soccer tournament, the Drop-in tournament, and the Technical Challenges. Robotnik ] This video celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the University of Zurich’s Robotics and Perception Group, led by Prof. Be the tiny DIY robot cat you’ve always wanted to be!

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Video Friday: Robot Arms for the ISS

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Team NimbRo from University of Bonn, Germany came in first with 22 points, Team HERoEHS from Korea came in second with 5.5 In our first episode, we have a fully-loaded and autonomous Husky UGV, equipped with a Universal Robots UR5 arm, our Outdoor Navigation software and Indoor Navigation software, along with all the supporting sensors.

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Happy IEEE Day!

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Test Your Future Tech Knowledge And Win Prizes. In honor of IEEE Day, take the challenge, learn more about what IEEE is doing to advance current, emerging, and future technologies. In our world full of fad diets and halfway completed DIY projects, grit — sustained passion and perseverance — seems to be wanting. Learn more.

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